10 v. in 1 ; 29 cm

"A systematic record of writings on English, and on other languages in English, based on the collections of the principal libraries of the world." -verso half-t.p

Spine title: Bibliography of the English language 1500-1800

First ed. publ. for the author at the University of Leeds, 1965-

Bibliography: p. xxvii-xxx

English grammars written in English and English grammars written in Latin by native speakers. -- Polyglot dictionaries and grammars. Treatises on English written for speakers of French, German, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Hungarian, Persian, Bengali and Russian. -- Old English, middle English, early modern English, miscellaneous works, vocabulary. -- Spelling books. -- The English dictionary. -- Rhetoric, style, elocution, prosody, rhyme, pronunciation, spelling reform. -- Logic, philosophy, epistemology, universal language. -- Treatises on short-hand. -- English dialects, Scottish dialects, cant and vulgar English. -- Education and language-teaching

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